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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59827
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71379
dc.description.sponsorshipThis work is sponsored by the Stony Brook University Graduate School in compliance with the requirements for completion of degree.en_US
dc.formatMonograph
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dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dc.typeDissertation
dcterms.abstractMuch effort is being devoted to the understanding of water-substrate interactions at metallic or semiconducting surfaces with catalytic properties. Confined water represents a great interest for physicists and chemists interested in state-of-the-art technologies such as, fuel cells where the rates of proton have to be controlled, nano-sensors, heterogeneous catalysis, or nano-fluids. Creation of hydrogen gas from water dissociation, also remains an important challenge in order to complete the cycle of CO2 free green energies production. Photocatalytic processes, with semiconducting substrates such as GaN 1010 seem to represent strong candidates towards this achievement. This work focuses on the investigation of water-substrate interactions. It is mainly directed from first-principle calculations with molecular dynamics simulations. The nature of the hydrogen bond is broadly discussed and comparisons between water-water and water-substrate are proposed. Interesting features of spontaneous metal polarization are also put in evidence and electrochemical mechanisms are explained.
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dcterms.contributorPoissier, Adrienen_US
dcterms.contributorAllen, Philipen_US
dcterms.contributorFernandez-Serra, Maria-Victoriaen_US
dcterms.contributorDawber, Matthewen_US
dcterms.contributorStacchiola, Darioen_US
dcterms.contributorCalder, Alanen_US
dcterms.creatorPoissier, Adrien
dcterms.dateAccepted2013-05-22T17:35:25Z
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dcterms.dateSubmitted2013-05-22T17:35:25Z
dcterms.dateSubmitted2015-04-24T14:47:15Z
dcterms.descriptionDepartment of Physicsen_US
dcterms.extent159 pg.en_US
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dcterms.formatMonograph
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/1951/59827
dcterms.identifierPoissier_grad.sunysb_0771E_10821en_US
dcterms.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11401/71379
dcterms.issued2011-12-01
dcterms.languageen_US
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dcterms.publisherThe Graduate School, Stony Brook University: Stony Brook, NY.
dcterms.subjectab-initio, metal, Physics, simulation, surface, Water
dcterms.subjectPhysics--Condensed matter physics
dcterms.titleTheoretical Characterization of Water-Surfaces Interactions
dcterms.typeDissertation


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